A GUIDE TO THE

Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Papers, 1881-1935

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Processed by: Jim Greve
Date completed: 29 April 1999

Personal Papers Collection, Acc# 28142
Extent: 12.6 cubic feet

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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Acquisition information unavailable.

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Preferred Citation:
Mary Cooke Branch Munford. Papers, 1881-1935. Accession 28142, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Separations:
None

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Mary-Cooke Branch Munford was born in Richmond, Virginia on 15 September 1865. She was educated in Richmond and New York, and married Beverley Bland Munford on 22 November 1893. She co-founded the Richmond Educational Association in 1901; chairman, Co-ordinate College League, 1910-1926; president, Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia, 1910-1925; vice-president, National Consumers' League; member, Board of Visitors, The College of William and Mary and The University of Virginia; first woman member of the Richmond School Board; chairman, Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense; and member, Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; member of the Board of the Virginia and Richmond League of Women Voters; member of the Board, National Urban League. She died in Richmond on 3 July 1938.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Papers, 1881-1938, of Mary-Cooke Branch Munford of Richmond, Virginia, documenting her work in various political, educational, social, economic, and inter-racial endeavors. The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1910-1930, when she was most active. Organized into the following series: Arranged in six series: I. Co-ordinate College League. II. Education. III. Foreign Policy and National Politics. IV. Race Relations. V. VIRGINIA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SLAVERY AND SECESSION. VI. Miscellaneous Subject Files.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series I:  Co-ordinate College League 
Includes correspondence and subject files concerning Munford's and the League's attempts to convince The University of Virginia to admit women by establishing a coordinate college with its own organization, and its own social, residence and instruction halls. The new college would share the library and laboratories of the University, and students would be taught by some of its faculty. The papers include correspondence from educators at the University of Virginia, as well as around the state and nation, business leaders, politicians, and members of the League. The subject files contain accounts, legislative information, including research data, drafts of bills introduced on behalf of the League, and voting records of the members of the General Assembly, resolutions, brochures, flyers, and pamphlets, mailing and membership lists, and information from various educational, labor, alumni, and other groups opposing and supporting the League's efforts. There is also a large amount of clippings from Richmond newspapers, as well as other Virginia newspapers, which document the League's activities.

Series II: Education
Includes information on Munford's activities in the field of education. It includes information from The University of Virginia, including dockets and minutes of the Board of Visitors, the Richmond Education Association, the Richmond Lancastrian School, Southern Industrial Classes, and the Richmond public schools. Also included is information on the status, salaries, and working conditions of teachers. This series also contains a variety of published newsletters, bulletins, annual reports, and other educational publications.

Series III: Foreign Policy and National Politics
Contains subject files documenting Munford's assistance during World War I, and her interest in world peace. It includes a large amount of material on here work on the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense during the war, and her help in food conservation and registration drives. There is also information on her activities in the Foreign Policy Association and the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, as well as peace groups, including the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War. This series also contains material on Munford's involvement in the Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters.

Series IV: Race Relations
Includes subject files on Munford's activities with the Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation, Richmond Urban League, National Urban League, Woman's Inter-Racial Committee, National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, Committee on Colored Work, and the Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation. There is also correspondence, clippings, and financial information, as well as publications concerning race relations.

Series V: Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession
Concerns this book, written by her husband, Beverley Bland Munford, in 1909. Much of the material concerns Mrs. Munford's work in getting the book re-adopted by the State Board of Education as required text in history courses taught in high schools in Virginia after her husband's death in 1910. The series contains correspondence, briefs and comments, circular letters, and postcards, as well as material on the book's publication, orders, and sales.

Series VI:  Miscellaneous Subject Files
Contains accounts, bank statements, correspondence, a notebook belonging to Beverley Bland Munford, dated 1881-1885, and information on other groups and activities in which Mrs. Munford was involved. There are also blueprints of alterations to her cottage in Maine by William Lawrence Bottomley, dated 1923 (filed in General Architectural Files, Folder 126). Also included in this series are clippings and publications.

CONTAINER LIST

Box Folder Contents
Co-ordinate College League - Correspondence
1 1 "A"
2 Alderman, Edwin A., 1912-1915
3-4 Alderman, Edwin A., 1916-1919
5 Alderman, Edwin A., 1920-1926
6 Alexander, James Selman, 1914-1918
7-8 "B"
9 Babcock, Kendrick C., 1909-1914
10 Barrett, Mrs. Annie K., 1917-1918
11 Barton, Mrs. Robert (Gertrude W.), 1916-1918
12 Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1919-1921
13 Buchanan, Mrs. B. F. (Nellie S.), 1914-1917
14 Bunch, Frank M., 1915-1916
15-16 "C"
17 Caldwell, Mrs. M. M. (Millie M.), 1913-1918
18 Campbell, Mrs. A. A. (Susie S.), 1912-1914
19 Cannon, James E., Jr., 1913-1917
20 Carson, William E., 1914-1918
21 Chandler, J. A. C., 1913-1919
22 Chapman, W. R., 1914-1918
23 Colton, Elizabeth Avery, 1913-1916
24 Craddock, John W., 1912-1916
2 1 "D"
2 Davis, Lucy L., 1912-1917
3 Davis, Westmoreland, 1917-1918
4 Devany, Mrs. W. L. (Anna W.), 1917-1918
5 Duval, Maria Pendleton, 1913-1916
6 "E"
7 Early, N. B., Jr., 1913
8 Ellis, Mrs. C. C. (Laura J.), 1914-1918
9 "F"
10 Farmville - J. L. Jarman, 1910-1917
11 Flippen, Mrs. O. G. (Florence B.), 1917-1918
12 Flood, Henry D., 1914-1918
13 "G"
14 Gaines, Elizabeth V., 1913-1918
15 Gannaway, D. M., 1912-1914
16 Garnett, Judge Christopher, n.d.
17 Gildersleeve, Virginia C., 1913-1916
18 Goodwyn, Mrs. Thompson (Martha L.), 1917-1918
19 Gordon, Armistead, 1912-1917
20 Green, Kate T., 1913-1916
21-22 "H"
23 Hagan, Mrs. John L. (Janie Gray), 1915-1918
24 Harman, Daniel, 1912-1914
25 Hart, Harris, 1917
26 Holt, Miss Lucy Mason, 1914-1918
27 Hunley, W. M., 1913-1914
28 Hunton, Eppa, Jr., 1912
3 1 "I"
2 Israel, Mrs. Frank T. (Cora M.), 1915-1916
3 Ivy, Elizabeth, 1914-1918
4 "J"
5 Jacob, Cary Franklin, 1916-1920
6 Johnson, Mrs. J. W. Cantey, 1917-1918
7 "K"
8 Kensett, Nannie D., 1916
9 Kyle, Mrs. James R. (Alice J.), 1912-1918
10 "L"
11 Legislature - Letters, 1914-1918
12-13 Livers, John L., 1914-1920
14-15 "M"
16 Mann, Emmett Lee, n.d.
17 Maphis, Charles G., 1911-1919
18 Means, Mrs. E. C. (Ruby R.), 1913-1915
19 Montague, Mrs. A. P., 1913-1916
20 Moore, R. Walton, 1913-1919
21 "Mc"
22 McConnell, John P., 1912-1918
4 1 "N"
2 Nelson, John Poyntz, 1913-1918
3 Norton, Judge J. K. M.., 1913-1917
4 "O"
5 "P"
6 Page, J. M., 1913-1918
7 Page, Roswell, 1915-1918
8 Pickett, Elizabeth, 1914-1915
9 Pitt, Miss Virgie Lee, 1917
10 Priddy, Mrs. J. H. (Elizabeth Lee), 1914-1917
11 "Q"
12 "R"
13 Ramsey, D. Hiden, 1912-1913
14 Riddick, Mrs. S. A. (Virginia Griffin), 1913-1915
15 Robertson, Alex F., 1918
16-17 "S"
18 Scott, Katherine K., 1915-1917
19 Smith, E. Virginia, 1917-1918
20 Smith, J. Sidney, 1916-1917
21 Stone, Ormond, 1912-1918
22 Strode, Aubrey E., 1910-1918
23 "T"
24 Thomas, M. Carey, 1914
25 Thomas, Mary Fitzhugh Randolph, 1914-1916
26 Thornton, William M., 1912-1919
27 Turpin, Edna, 1916-1918
5 1 "U"
2 "V"
3 Venable, Emma C., 1917-1918
4-5 "W"
6 White, Mrs. B. B. (Helen Taylor Crews), 1915-1917
7 Williams, Miss Frances, 1913-1916
8 Williams, Mrs. James H. (Janie), 1916-1918
9 Wood, Mrs. Joseph B., 1914-1916
10 "Y"
Co-ordinate College League - Subject Files
6 1 Account Book, 1914-1918
2 Account Book, 1915-1916
3 Alumni - University of Virginia, 1912-1918
4 Articles Appearing in University Publications, 1912-1916
5 Articles Opposed to the Coordinate College, 1916-1918
6 Association of Collegiate Alumnae, 1915-1916
7-8 Bills, 1910-1916, inclusive
9-10 Bills, 1917-1918
11 Board of Visitors Public Hearing - 11 December 1913
12 Board of Visitors Resolutions, 1913-1918
13-14 Brochures and Flyers, 1912-1918
15 Budgets, 1911-1917
16 Byrd - The Dinkey - A Poem Dedicated to Hon. R. E. Byrd, 1912
7 1 Central Committee - Chairmen and Members - Letters, 1914-1918
2 Changes in the Standards of Colleges
3 Charlottesville - City Council Resolutions, etc., 1914-1918
4-6 Colleges for Women
7 Colleges for Women - Delaware College
8 Committee of Twenty Five - Educational Conference of Virginia
9 Common School Data
10 Contributors
8 1-4 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville...(1913) - Draft
5 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville...(1913) - Extra Copies of Letters
6 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville...(1913) - Final Copy
7 Co-ordinate College League Budget, 1917-1918
8 Co-ordinate College League Minutes, 1914-1918
9 Co-ordinate College League Publications
10 Cost Pamphlet Data, 1915-1917
11 Department of Public Instruction Publications
9 1 Education - Viscount Bryce on Public Education, 1918
2 Elementary Teachers’ Association, 1917
3 Enrollment in Colleges, 1911-1918
4 Faculty Meeting Minutes - University of Virginia, 1911
5 Farmers’ Union - Resolutions, etc., 1912-1918
6 Federation of Labor - Resolutions, etc., 1912-1916
7 Federation of Mothers’ Clubs, 1913
8 Federation of Womens’ Clubs - Letters, etc., 1910-1916
9 Form Letters, 1914-1918
10 High School Teachers, Training of, 1916
11 History of the University of Virginia
12-13 Legislature (Voting Records)
14-15 Letters and Manuscripts for Possible Publication
16-17 Lists
10 1 Mailing List
2 Membership Lists, 1914 (First - Third Districts)
3 Membership Lists, 1914 (Fourth - Seventh Districts)
4 Membership Lists, 1914 (Eighth - Tenth Districts)
5 Membership Lists, 1914 (First - Fifth Districts)
6 Membership Lists, 1916 (First - Fifth Districts)
7 Membership Lists, 1916 (Sixth - Tenth Districts)
8 Miscellaneous
11 1 Newspapers
2 Normal Schools
3 Opposition Literature
4 Pamphlet Manuscript
5 Per Capita Cost - University of Virginia Data, 1917
6 Publications of Alumni Opposed
7 Resolutions - Not Filed Elsewhere
8 State Teachers’ Association
9 State Universities - Statistics, Enrollment, Funds, etc.
10 U. D. C.
11 University of Virginia - Students, 1918
12 Virginia Education Commission
13 V. P. I.
14 Vocations for College Women
15 Women's Education - History, Data, etc.
16 "Women's Part in the Education of the South"
Co-ordinate College League - Clippings
12 1 Clippings from Richmond Dailies, 1910-1913, inclusive
2 Clippings from Richmond Dailies, 1914-1915, inclusive
3 Clippings from The Evening Journal and The Richmond Virginian, 1916-1918, inclusive
4 Clippings from The News Leader and The Times-Dispatch, 1916-1918, inclusive
5 State Papers Other Than Richmond Dailies, 1910-1915, inclusive
6-7 Clippings from Virginia Papers Other Than Richmond Dailies, 1916, and Out of State Papers, 1914-1917, inclusive
8 Clippings from Newspapers Other Than Richmond Dailies, 1917-1918
9 Clippings About Coeducation
10 Clippings of General Information
11 Clippings of General Information, 1912-1918, inclusive - Book I
12 Misc. Clippings on Women’s Education
13 University of Virginia College Topics - Alumni News, Summer School News, etc., 1913-1918, inclusive
Education - Subject Files
13 1 Alderman, Edwin A., 1926-1930
2 Armstrong High School
3 Boatwright, F. W., 1926
4 Clippings
5 Coal for Schools
6 Dean of Women - University of Virginia, 1927-1928
7 Drinking at the University of Virginia - Clippings, 1928
8 Education in Virginia - Report, 1905 [?]
9 Ellett, Jennie, 1926
10 Floor Plans for Richmond Schools, 1927
11 Housing Conditions for Women in Southern State Universities, 1927
12 Kaylor, Alice R., 1931
13 Layman Bill, 1928
14 List of Accredited Four-Year High Schools, 1925-1926
15 Married Teachers, 1931
16 Miscellaneous
17 Nursery Schools, 1929
18 Report on the Status of Opportunities for Women in Southern State Universities, 1928
19 Richmond Education Association, 1927
20 Richmond Lancastrian School
21 Richmond League of Teachers, 1926
22 Richmond Public Schools, 1921-1931
23 Salaries - Teachers, 1925-1927
24 Schools - Finance, 1923-1928
14 1 "Shorter Hour Experiment" Report, 1928
2 Southern Industrial Classes, 1904-1906
3 Statistical Survey of Expenditures for Higher Education in Virginia, 1924
4 Technical High School, 1928-1929
5 University of Virginia, 1926-1931
6-7 University of Virginia Board of Visitors
8 University of Virginia Board of Visitors - Dockets, 1925- 1927
9 University of Virginia Board of Visitors - Dockets, 1928- 1929
10 University of Virginia Board of Visitors - Dockets, 1930- 1936
11 University of Virginia Board of Visitors - Minutes, 1926- 1927
12 University of Virginia Board of Visitors - Minutes, 1928-1930
13 University of Virginia Extension Division, 1926-1930
14 Virginia Social Science Association, 1928-1929
15 William & Mary
Education - Publications
15 University of Virginia Alumni News, 1916-1921
Community League News, January - December 1924
State Board of Education Bulletins and Annual Reports, 1918-1925
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Reports, 1914-1916
Other Miscellaneous Publications
Foreign Policy and National Politics - Subject Files
16 1 Accounts - Foreign Policy Association
2-3 China
4 Clippings
5 Committee on Safeguarding of Moral and Spiritual Forces, 1917
6-7 Conference on the Cause and Cure of War
8-10 Council of National Defense - Committee on Women’s Defense Work, 1917 (Vol. 1)
11-16 Council of National Defense - Women’s Committee, 1917- 1918
17 1 Council of National Defense - Women’s Committee - Clippings
2-14 Democratic Party, League of Women Voters, Women’s Party, "Women Citizen" (B - W)
15 Fascists
16 Food Conservation Committee, 1917
17 Food Registration
18-19 Foreign Policy Association, 1926-1927
20 Foreign Policy Association - News Bulletin, 1925-1927
21 Kahn, Otto H., 1926
18 1 League of Nations
2-4 League of Women Voters
5 Mexico - Clippings, 1926
6 National Council for Prevention of War
7-11 Walter Hines Page School of International Relations
12 Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917
13 War Programs, 1917
14 War Library, 1917
15 Women’s Organizations, 1917
Foreign Policy and National Politics - Publications
19 Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America - Information Service, 1927-1930
Foreign Policy Association - Information Service, 1927-1928
Other Miscellaneous Foreign Policy Publications
20 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - International Conciliation, 1915-1927
Conference on the Cause and Cure of War - Reports, 1925-1926
League of Nations News, 1925-1927
21 Foreign Policy Association Reports, 1924-1927
Publications on Relations with China, 1925-1926
Race Relations - Subject Files
22 1 Bowie, Walter Russell
2 Church Women’s Committee on Race Relations
3 Clippings, 1922-1930
4-11 Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation, 1921-1929
12-13 Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation - Women’s Committee, 1921-1929
14 Commission on Negro Churches and Race Relations
15 Commission on the Church and Race Relations
16 "F"
17 Fisk University - Treasurer’s Report and Budget Schedule, 1927-1928
23 1 "H"
2 "K"
3 "L"
4 "M"
5 Maternity Home Situation, 1926
6 "N"
7 National Urban League, 1919-1930
8-16 Negro (F - W)
17 "P"
18 "R"
19-20 Race Relations
21 Richmond Urban League, 1926-1931
22 "S"
23 Schools - Negro, 1920-1922
24 "V"
25 "W"
26 "Y"
27 Zoning
Race Relations - Publications
24 Publications of the Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation
Opportunity - A Journal of Negro Life, 1923-1927
Other Miscellaneous Publications
Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession - Subject Files
25 1-3 Adoption by State Board of Education - Correspondence, 1911-1926
4 Adoption by State Board of Education - Miscellaneous
5 Briefs and Comments
6 Circular Letters - Depositories, Superintendents, etc., 1923- 1926
7 Circulars, Postcards, etc., 1911-1922
8 Comments - Teachers, Citizens, Superintendents, 1914- 1923
9-10 Course of Study
11 "G"
12 Hart, Harris, 1921-1926
13 High Schools
14 Hunter & Company, Inc.
15 Jenkins (Book Manufacturer)
16 Lists of Teachers, Superintendents, etc.
17 Longmans, Green & Co.
26 1 Members - State Board of Education - Correspondence
2 Macmillan Company
3 Orders
4 "P"
5 Printing Companies
6 Questionnaires
7 Questions and Answers
8 Reviews
9 Sales
10 State Board of Education
11 State Teachers’ Association
12 Suggestions
13 Textbook Circular Letters
14-16 Virginia’s Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession - Galley Proof
17 Virginia Book Company
18 "W"
19 Williams Printing Co.
Miscellaneous Subject Files
27 1 Accounts, 1935
2 Bank Statements, 1926-1931
3 Bottomley, William Lawrence, 1923
4 Business and Professional Women’s Club, 1926
5 Chamber of Commerce, 1926
6 Child Labor
7 Child Welfare League
8 Churches and World Peace
9 Community Fund
10 Consumer’s League
11 Democratic Committees, 1926
12 Democratic Publicity
13 Democratic Women’s Luncheon Club, 1925-1926
14 Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1926-1927
28 1 Grace Street Property, 1929
2 Houston, Harry R. - Photograph, 1916
3 Kahn Fellowship, 1926
3 Miscellaneous
4 Notebook of B. B. Munford, 1881-1885
5 Patriotic Community League of Loudoun County
6 Patriotic League
7 Southern Aid Society of Virginia, 1927
8 Social Work
9 Speakers, 1925
10 Women’s Democratic News, 1925
11 Y. W. C. A., 1927
29 1-17 Miscellaneous Clippings File
30 Miscellaneous Publications

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